Echinoderms ( Phylum Echinodermata)
by Olivia and Brennan
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Patrick Says, "Echinoderms are better than sperms, their skin is thicker, and if you cut them and half and they grow back quicker!"
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Starfish
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Sea Cucumber
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Sea Urchin
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Sand Dollar

  • have calcite plates that give them thick spiny skin
  • have radial body symmetry (five rayed)
  • are invertebrates (have endoskeletons made of calcite plates)
  • All live in marine environments
  • are colemates
  • Deuterostome embryo development (develop the anus before the mouth)
  • have no head
  • more than two cell layers,tissues and organs
  • feeds on fine particles in the water
  • normally reproduce sexually


Multiple Choice Question: Which is not an Echinoderm?
a) Sea cucumber
b) Sea Urchin
c) Starfish
d) Jellyfish